Most people have heard of the hazards associated with a meth lab. If a meth lab was operated in a location that will be used by others, professional meth cleanup and remediation is an absolute necessity. What many people do not realize is that using this drug, particularly smoking meth (which is a common way of ingesting it) can result in hazardous contamination as well. As a result, not only if meth manufacturing is suspected at a location but meth use is a possibility, professional intervention to test and remediation the location as necessary is vital. Call our veteran-led fentanyl cleanup services company.
Long gone are the days in which meth was manufactured in broken down trailers in distant wooded enclaves in rural areas in the United States. In today’s world, meth is cooked in places that include rental apartment, condos, townhomes, and single-family residences. In addition, meth remains a widely used illegal drug. Many people smoke this…
Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate drug. Fentanyl legally is used as a strong pain reliever and as an anesthetic during surgery. Fentanyl is also illegally used and manufactured in illicit labs. The illegal use of fentanyl has been a major reason why the opioid crisis has accelerated in different locations in the United States, including…
Methamphetamine is defined as a powerful and highly addictive stimulant that affects a person’s central nervous system, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Meth is one of the more commonly used illegal drugs in Southern California and across the country. History of Methamphetamine Methamphetamine has a long history. Meth originally was developed in…
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life in Southern California, across the United States, and around the world in many different ways and on various levels. The novel coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an increase in the use of mind-altering substances. This includes an increase in both the use and manufacturing of methamphetamine. The uptick in…
In any large or midsize community, bank-owned properties that sit vacant for what can be a more extended period of time are rather commonplace. Unfortunately, vacant bank-owned properties are not necessarily monitored with sufficient regularity. As a result, a bank-owned residential or commercial property can become a site where inappropriate activity occurs. This can include…
A considerable degree of media and public attention has focused on the manufacture, sale, and use of methamphetamine over the course of the past two decades. What has been overlooked to a considerable degree is the impact meth has on children. Specifically, children oftentimes are in close proximity to meth labs, to methamphetamine supplies maintained…
Meth users and addicts put their health at serious risk. In point of fact, the overall lifestyles of meth users and addicts can fairly be described as hazardous, oftentimes extremely perilous. Meth users and addicts have hazardous lifestyles in a number of different ways. Meth Users and Their and Children Time and again when people…
Fentanyl abuse and addiction has become a major health crisis in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2018 is the last year the CDC has a full set of data available regarding fentanyl use and the use of other opioid drugs. In that year, over 31,000 people died…
Methamphetamine has been and remains one of the most widely abused illicit drugs among people in Southern California and across the United States. Meth use can have a significant impact on a user’s body. Understanding the impacts on the human body puts the dangers of meth into sharp focus. Meth and the Brain A long-running…
Understanding the comprehensive range of hazards associated with methamphetamine, having a basic understanding of the most commonly followed methods of meth production can be helpful. Meth production is also known as meth-making or cooking meth. Meth has been and remains a major health crisis in California and across the United States. There are a trio…
Television shows and movies have featured meth users and meth makers or meth cooks with a considerable degree of regularity. Indeed, there have been productions that arguably have glamorized the making of meth. The cold, harsh reality is that meth labs are highly dangerous. The hazards of meth labs extend beyond the possibility of explosions…
Try as they may, landlords oftentimes are unable to seamlessly turn over a rental unit. When one tenancy comes to an end, a landlord doesn’t have another renter immediately in the offing ready to take over occupancy of a property. Indeed, there is a natural lag even when a subsequent tenant is identified due to…
On some level, meth cooks or meth makers and meth users are something like mice. If they can find an entry, they will invade a space. With that in mind, hotels and motels at times become locations where meth sometimes is manufactured and oftentimes is used. The resulting harsh reality is that with alarming frequency,…
If a residential or commercial property is used to manufacture meth, the level of contamination when production ends for one reason or another will be profound. Indeed, the extent of meth contamination can be so significant that it presents a very real health risk to any person who comes not in contact with the property.…
Methamphetamine contamination of a property necessitating professional meth decontamination can occur in three primary ways: Meth lab Meth storage Meth use This type of contamination occurs when people smoke meth, which is one of the more common ways in which people ingest meth. Many people understandably initially balk at the thought that using meth in…
The illicit use of methamphetamine or meth has been a major health and environmental problem in the United States for a couple of decades. Not only are there major negative health consequences associated with the use of meth there also an array of damaging costs to the environments in which meth is present. Indeed, the…
Methamphetamine use, abuse, and addiction has been a widespread problem across the United States for years. Meth is a synthetic drug that typically is manufactured in what has become known as “meth labs.” The manufacture of meth itself is a dangerous enterprise that involves the use of hazardous substances. Indeed, the process of making meth…
Meth, technically known as methamphetamine, is defined as being a powerful and highly addictive stimulant that affects a person’s central nervous system, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This basic definition only begins to tell you the “story” behind meth, its impact on users, and its use more broadly in the United States…